We moralize among ruins.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIWilliam Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Success is the child of audacity.
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Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
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The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
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There is no gambling like politics.
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Frank and explicit – that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.
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The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
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As for our majority… one is enough.
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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
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Never take anything for granted.
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Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
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Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
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The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
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There can be economy only where there is efficiency.
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Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.
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